The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has reacted to the leaked audio tape that caught the CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele disusing on how to cover up alleged stolen 500 Billion from the apex bank with his senior executives.

Reacting to the audio tape, CBN says the integrity of its Governor, Godwin Emefiele remains unassailable. The apex bank in a statement issued on Sunday by its Director, Corporate Communications, Isaac Okorafor said that the use of selective wire-taped conversations of its management, to malign Emefiele’s character and integrity will not stand.

Okoroafor in the statement denied that the conversation which was released by an online news platform was about a fraudulent transaction.

“The purported audio recording of selective conversations amongst the Governor, Deputy Governor and some Senior Officials. Contrary to the headline-grabbing narrative that the discussion was about a fraudulent transaction, this conversation the beginnings of which was omitted to create a different impression was simply to proffer solutions to a misunderstanding that affected the Bank’s balance sheet.

“The integrity of the CBN Governor remains unassailable. He has no account in Dubai or anywhere in the world and would never convert the funds of CBN for personal use,” the statement read in part.

He also described the leaded audio conversation as false and misleading, denying any fraudulent transactions of missing N500 billion. CBN’s spokesman explained that that the misleading audio relates to the meeting of its top officials on reconciliation of balance sheet items and part of regular conversations.

“The Bank provided about N650 billion in loans at 9% with a two-year grace period to 35 States of the Federation. These monies were distributed to the States monthly with documented approval of the Federal Ministry of Finance and the Presidency,” Okoroafor added.

The bank noted that the bailout was erroneously classified by external auditors as bad loans, stressing that Ministry of Finance and CBN gave comfort to auditors in writing that “these monies would be repaid.” Accordingly, CBN vowed to “pursue every legal means to bring the perpetrators to justice.”

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